Julián Castro

Former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Julián Castro is the latest Democrat to announced a presidential bid.

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Castro, the former mayor of San Antonio, Texas, announced his candidacy at a rally Saturday.

"When my grandmother got here almost a hundred years ago, I'm sure she never could have imagined that just two generations later, one of her grandsons would be serving as a member of the United States Congress and the other would be standing with you here today to say these words: I am a candidate for President of the United States of America," Castro said.

His identical twin, Rep. Joaquin Castro, will serve as his campaign chairman.

Castro joins a growing list of Democrats who have thrown their hat in the 2020 presidential ring. Massachusetts U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, former West Virginia State Sen. Richard Ojeda and Hawaii U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, have all announced intentions to run for the Democratic nomination.

Elizabeth Warren

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Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., addresses an audience at Belkin Family Lookout Farm during a town hall event, Sunday, July 8, 2018, in Natick, Mass.

Warren announced last month that she was be forming an exploratory committee for president.

"No matter what our differences, most of us want the same thing," the 69-year-old Massachusetts Democrat said in a video on Dec. 31 that highlighted her family’s history in Oklahoma. "To be able to work hard, play by the same set of rules and take care of the people we love."

Tulsi Gabbard

Gabbard, a 37-year-old Iraq War veteran, the first Hindu elected to Congress and the first member born in the U.S. territory of American Samoa, said she will be formally announcing her candidacy within the next week.

"There are a lot of reasons for me to make this decision. There are a lot of challenges that are facing the American people that I'm concerned about and that I want to help solve," she said, listing health care access, criminal justice reform and climate change as key platform issues.

Richard Ojeda

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Richard Ojeda addresses campaign supporters during his first campaign event of his presidential run at a rally at the Teamsters 783 head quarters on November 19, 2018 in Louisville, Kentucky.

Ojeda, a retired Army paratrooper and former West Virginia lawmaker, announced his intention to run back in November.

He was elected to the West Virginia state senate in 2016 and became a champion of teachers during their fight for better pay and benefits. He sponsored successful legislation to make medical marijuana legal, and has stressed health care and economic issues in a district reeling from lost coal jobs.

John Delaney

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Former Maryland Congressman John Delaney was the first Democrat to announce his candidacy, announcing his intentions in July 2017.

Delaney said he believes that his early start will help put him at an advantage ahead of would-be rivals.

“We not only know what the talent is, but they know us and they know about our message,” said Delaney.

Andrew Yang

Entrepreneur Andrew Yang announced he would see the democratic nomination in July 2017. Yang, who is relatively unknown on the national stage, says he wants to institute a universal basic income for Americans.

In 2011, he founded Venture for America, a national entrepreneurship fellowship. He was named a presidential ambassador for global entrepreneurship by the Obama administration in 2015.

Other potential candidates

California Sen. Kamala Harris, New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders are all reportedly weighing their own presidential bids and are expected to announce decisions in the upcoming weeks.